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Free early education

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Tax-free childcare

Tax-free childcare will start from 28th April 2017 for parents of children under 2 and will be available to all parents with children under 12 years of age (or under 17 if disabled) by the end of 2017.

30 hours of free early education

The childcare services account is a single online application for 30 hours funded childcare and tax-free childcare. More detailed information.

If you have applied for 30 hours free childcare and you disagree with the eligibility outcome as determined by HMRC, there is a review and appeals process available. The review and appeals process is managed by HMRC. Please contact the HMRC Customer Helpline on 0300 123 4097.

What is free early education for 2, 3 and 4 year old children?

Free early education is an opportunity for your child to join in play based activities in a quality environment to support their developmental learning journey. Research clearly demonstrates that good quality early education benefits children in the long term in respect of enhancing their all round cognitive, language, and social and emotional development.

Research has shown that access to quality early education improves children’s outcomes and can